A look at some of the best integrated development environments (IDEs) and code editors for Java software developers. Learn more.

Which Java IDE is best? Compare IntelliJ IDEA , Eclipse, and NetBeans for features, usability, and compatibility with your favorite tools and frameworks.

I've been looking for a Java IDE for both Windows and Linux. Currently I'm comfortable with Visual J++ 1.1, but since its old ( and unsupported? ) I was wondering what the best ones out there are ...

There has been a long-standing battle in the Java community over which Integrated Development Environment (IDE) is best. From the TSS Readership Survey, the two most popular choices are Eclipse and ...

When people ask me why I prefer IntelliJ IDEA for Java development, my answer usually comes down to one thing: it feels like ...

i am in the process of choosing a java IDE and compiler, and im being very careful. because i know that when i decide on one, i will never want to change. what do you guys use? the debugger is the ...

There was a Java IDE shootout in front of a user group in Cologne early in July, with presentations about the NetBeans, Eclipse, Oracle and JetBrains IDEs. Reading the articles and blogs of the ...

Java tools undergo an extreme makeover... Thanks to the influence of Eclipse's open-source tooling platform, the new face of the Java IDE will resemble a lean plug-in environment rather than the ...

Support for Java 7 standard edition (SE) is the focus of the new toolset and Oracle claims it is the first open-source IDE to support the JDK 7 preview.

JetBrains is offering a milestone release of the upcoming IntelliJ Idea 9 IDE for Java application development, featuring capabilities ranging from OSGi backing to improved performance and PHP ...